Bangladesh in Italy: Last news by BCII

Last news by BCII

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1a is pleased to present the first survey of Bangladesh videoart shown outside that country: entitled Videozoom Bangladesh, the initiative will be presented on Monday, May 10, 2010 at 6 pm at the Sala 1 center for international art in Rome. VIDEOZOOM: BANGLADESH VIDEOARTISTS

Curated by Tayeba Lipi – Britto Arts Trust Dhaka

Opening:
Monday May 10, 2010
6 p.m
Sala 1 – Centro Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea (Scala Santa/Padri Passionisti) Piazza di Porta S. Giovanni, 10 – Roma
T. 06. 7008691 I saluno@salauno.com

Monday-Saturday I 4.30-7.30 pm I Sundays by appointment Closes May 17, 2010

Videozoom Bangladesh, produced thanks to the support and patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Bangladesh in Rome, is curated by aritst Tayeba Lipi, co-founder of the Britto Arts Trust in Dhaka, active since 2002 in the field of contemporary art of the region, organizing workshops, artists residences, education and international documentaries as well as a role in the Dhaka Biennale of Asian Art. After survey exhibitions involving videoart from Spain, Iran, China, Morocco, Poland, San Marino and Israel, this 8th edition of Videozoom is dedicated to Bangladesh. It will show videoworks by a selection of both well-known and emerging Bangladesh artists who illustrate the various aspects of their country: contemporary, extremely dynamic and well-informed, and underlining the tensions typical of a society in transition. Present at the opening will be the representatives of the Embassy of Bangladesh as well as various organizations representing the Bangladesh community in Italy. The exhibition will be presented by Ambassador Masud Bin Momen and a brief conference by the artist Mahbubur Rahman, founder of the Britto Arts Trust who will introduce the works produced by the invited artists Promotesh Das Pulak, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Mahbubur Rahman, Molla Sagar, Reaz Hossain and Imran Hossain Piplu.

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Rony Akther, BCII President and Founder, had the pleasure to shake hands with great Muhammad Yunus. Muhammad Yunus - Bangladeshi, 2006 Peace Nobel Price, creator of the "microcredit system" and founder of the "Grameen Bank" (The Bank of the Village, in Bengali language) - and Rony Akther met in Rome in 2009. Yunus congratulated BCII President on the important idea to create a Bangladesh Cutural Institute in Italy and on the BCII activity. Furthermore, he wished BCII activity during 2008 and a reach future for the Institute, after to enquire about BCII next activities and projects. For Rony Akther it was a very great honour to receive such an appreciation by a renowned celebrity like Muhammad Yunus!

Bangladesh Cultural Institute of Italy (B.C.I.I.) is an ONLUS ( a non-profit-making organization) whose purpose is to promote the Bangladeshi culture and language in Italy. B.C.I.I. aims to be a point of reference for the “Second Generation”, children of Bangladeshi immigrants in Italy, in order to let them to benefit from the cultural heritage of their ancestors, even if they were born, they grow up and they live in Italy. In fact to go into the Bangladeshi cultural heritage thoroughly is very difficult when people live far from the one’s place of origin. B.C.I.I. originated from a Rony Akther’s project. Rony and many other representatives of the Bangladeshi intelligentsia in Italy want to support a new Italian identity, so that it can be more and more intercultural. Established on the 1rst September 2007, in Rome, B.C.I.I. started his activity in occasion of the Boishakhi Mela 1415, the Bangladeshi New Year’s Day festival, who took place on April 2008 in Rome. To promote Bangladeshi language and culture, B.C.I.I. organizes all year round countless events and manifestations, as literary meetings to spare the knowledge of important Bangladeshi personalities, writers, intellectuals. Then, B.C.I.I. aims to support too the work of Bangladeshi artists as musicians, dancers. The purpose of B.C.I.I. is to make known the musical tradition of Bangladesh and the use of traditional musical instruments, as tablā, harmonium e and sitar. Furthermore, B.C.I.I. aspires to be a guide for the discovery of the surprising Bangladeshi cookery, with tasting of traditional flavours and dishes, as byriani rice, paesh sweet or gilapi pancakes. Finally, B.C.I.I. is involved too in the promotion of the local Bangladeshi handicrafts, as the sumptuous silk used to make shari typical dresses or ruby jewels. Rony Akther, BCII President and Founder, is a Probad Purush (presenter and speaker on the stage), of the Bangladeshi Culture. He lives in Italy frome almost 15 years. He has a very great love for the stage, but also for the philosophy. Graduate in Political Science, he started going everywhere, in Italy and also abroad, to spread the Bangladeshi Culture and Language. The creation of the BCII in 2007, in Itay, is the last but not the least project he achieved.